2016-12-10T01:11:37ZInuit food security : vulnerability of the traditional food system to climatic extremes during winter 2010/2011 in Iqaluit, Nunavuthttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:8080/dspace/handle/10625/51516
Title: Inuit food security : vulnerability of the traditional food system to climatic extremes during winter 2010/2011 in Iqaluit, Nunavut
Authors: Statham, Sara
Abstract: Broader social determinants such as poverty have a greater influence on Inuit food security. When poor socioeconomic conditions, such as those associated with public housing, are coupled with poor environmental conditions, such as those experienced during winter 2010/2011, the vulnerability of the traditional food system is exacerbated. Resilience was particularly impeded for financially insecure households reliant on income support. Results show increased environmental stresses to the traditional food system compared to previous years, which negatively impacted hunters’ harvests and residents’ food supplies, but overall, the traditional food system was not as vulnerable to climatic extremes as anticipated. Socioeconomic conditions are more problematic.
Description: Includes abstract in French2012-04-01T00:00:00ZBalancing indigenous principles and institutional research guidelines for informed consent : a case study from the Peruvian Amazonhttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:8080/dspace/handle/10625/51515
Title: Balancing indigenous principles and institutional research guidelines for informed consent : a case study from the Peruvian Amazon
Authors: Sherman, Mya; Berrang-Ford, Lea; Ford, James; Lardeau, Marie-Pierre; Hofmeijer, Irene; Zavaleta Cortijo, Carol
Abstract: Background: Current literature emphasizes the need to implement informed consent according to indigenous principles and worldviews. However, few studies explicitly address how informed consent can be effectively and appropriately obtained in indigenous communities in accordance with research ethics guidelines. Methods: This article uses participatory rural appraisal methods to identify and characterize community preferences for informed consent in two indigenous communities in the Peruvian Amazon, using Canadian federal research regulations and McGill University's Research Ethics Board as a case study to examine where institutional ethics guidelines constrain or support culturally appropriate notions of informed consent. Results: The study emphasizes the importance of tailoring informed consent procedures to community circumstances. Although both communities in this case study are located in the Peruvian Amazon, there were important distinctions between them, such as gender dynamics and social structure, which profoundly affected informed consent procedures. It is also important to consider the balance of collectivism and individualism at a community level in order to determine the role of individual and community consent. Conclusion: Research ethics guidelines generally allow for this contextualized approach. However, regulations still have the potential to constrain indigenous informed consent due to content requirements for informed consent forms, limited flexibility for modifications in the field, and requirements for individual consent.2012-11-05T00:00:00ZCommunity vulnerability to the health effects of climate change among indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon : a case study from Panaillo and Nuevo Progresohttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:8080/dspace/handle/10625/51514
Title: Community vulnerability to the health effects of climate change among indigenous populations in the Peruvian Amazon : a case study from Panaillo and Nuevo Progreso
Authors: Hofmeijer, I.,; Ford, J.D.; Berrang-Ford, L.; Zavaleta, C.; Carcamo, C.
Abstract: This paper presents the results of an exploratory study working with two Amazonian communities in Peru to identify key climate-related health risks from the perspective of local residents, and characterize how these risks are experienced and managed. The work adopts a vulnerability-based approach and utilizes participatory methodologies to document and examine local perspectives on vulnerability and adaptive capacity. Thirty nine community members were engaged in participatory photography (photovoice), and rapid rural appraisal workshops were conducted with a total 40 participants. Contextual information was obtained from 34 semi-structured interviews with key informants and participant observation during fieldwork. Three climate-related health risks were identified by the communities as pressing issues (food insecurity, water insecurity, and vector-borne disease), all of which are climate-dependent and reported to be being affected by observed changes in climatic conditions. Sensitivity to these risks is high due to social and economic disadvantages which force people to live in suboptimal conditions, partake in dangerous activities, and engage in unhealthy behaviors. Traditional approaches to health and strong social networks are important in moderating health risks, but are placed under increasing stress in the context of local social and economic changes due to larger scale influences, including resource development, deforestation, and changing social relations.2012-07-26T00:00:00ZImpacts of climate change on Caribbean lifehttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:8080/dspace/handle/10625/51509
Title: Impacts of climate change on Caribbean life
Authors: Macpherson, Cheryl; Akpinar-Elci, Muge; Ford, James D.2013-01-01T00:00:00ZResearch on the human dimensions of climate change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut : a literature review and gap analysishttp://idl-bnc.idrc.ca:8080/dspace/handle/10625/51508
Title: Research on the human dimensions of climate change in Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut : a literature review and gap analysis
Authors: Ford, James D.; Bolton, Kenyon C.; Shirley, Jamal; Pearce, Tristan; Tremblay, Martin; Westlake, Michael
Abstract: Much of the research conducted in the North has typically engaged with communities as subjects of research rather than as partners to it. Current understanding of adaptation is derived mostly from local studies in small communities that focus on traditional activities. However, larger regional centres are emerging as hubs of economic development and population growth in which an “urban” Inuit identity is emerging. This literature review aims to direct researchers to questions that have not already been asked, and notes the absence of studies that examine how Northerners might benefit from new opportunities that may arise from climate change.2012-09-01T00:00:00Z